Elizabeth, the Entertainer

Today at lunch Elizabeth threw a piece of her food on the floor. This produced a roar of laughter from Abby and Mia. The entertainer decided that her whole tray of grilled cheese, peas, and blueberries could be used for an excellent show for her audience instead of sustenance for  her belly! I didn't have time to get the video camera before the performance came to a close.

9 months old!

Elizabeth turned 9 months old last Thursday. She has been busy with so many new things in the past month. She now has 5 teeth, she loves to eat table food with us, she's on the move with her new crawling skills, and she is communicating with us all the time. Besides saying, "mama" and "dada" we hear a lot of "lala" "vava" and "baba." I do think she is connecting the sound "baba" with sheep as she says it a lot while staring up at her sheep mobile above her changing table. She also does a lot of head shaking to communicate with us. It is usually a "no" shake, but it rarely means "no." When she gets up from a nap I usually ask her, "did you have a good rest?" A "no" shake in that situation means, "I hear my sisters playing and I'm ready to party!"

The other day I was making a little stuffed bunny hop around in front of her and saying, "hop, hop, hop." I gave her the bunny and said, "you do it." She held the bunny in one hand, grabbed my hand with her other hand, and shoved the bunny back in my hand. I think the message was clear, "No Mommy, you do it more!"

Here she is on the move: